Minnesota Blizzard on the Road
December 6, 2004 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Alexandria Blizzard News Release
1. Wednesday, December 1st:
Summary of Blizzard game at Billings
The Minnesota Blizzard Junior "A" Hockey team made a stirring comeback from a three-goal deficit to edge Billings, 6-5 in a shoot- out. The Bulls led, 4-1 going into the final period, but Minnesota goals by Dan Swanson (Menomonee, WI), Jake Nelson (Superior, WI), Paul Henderson (Menomonee, WI) and Bobby Kuehl (St. Paul, MN) vaulted the Blizzard to their first lead of the night, 5-4. Billings tied the game with just over nine minutes to go. No further scoring would take place in regulation or the five-minute overtime. Ryan Hawkins (Eden Prairie, MN), who earlier scored a power-play goal, got the only goal in the shoot-out for Minnesota. Blizzard goalie Marcus Paulson made 35 saves, plus stonewalled all five Billings snipers in the shoot-out. The win halted a two-game losing skid for the Blizzard, and puts them all alone in third place in the NAHL Western Division, with a record of 14-6-2.
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2. Friday, December 3rd:
Friday night in Minnesota Blizzard Junior Hockey from Bozeman Montana the Blizzard Fell to Bozeman Ice dogs by a score of 4-1 the lone score for the Blizzard on the Power Play early in the 2nd Period Tim Manthey defenseman from (Anoka, MN) scored his 4th Goal of the year on assists from Tony Selvog and Andrew Olson that tied the game up at 1-1 but the Ice dogs would score 3 Goals in the 2nd Period two of those by Filip Macejka. Bozeman with its 4th straight win.
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3. Saturday, December 4th:
Saturday night the Blizzard played its 3rd game in the Montana road trip they ran in to the hottest club in the North American Hockey League Western division the Helena Bighorns, Helena beating the Blizzard 4-2. The Bighorns now 13-0-1 in their last 14 games overall. Twice the Blizzard rallied to tie in game but the Bighorns got the last 2 Goals in the 3rd Period to win going away, Dan Swanson out of Menomonie, Wisconsin got his 9th Goal of the year for the Blizzard in the 1st Period to create a 1-1 deadlock. And later in the 3rd Period defenseman Dam Swanson tied the game at 2 before Helena went on the to the win. The Blizzard with the loss now stand at 14-8-2 on the season good for 30 points in NAHL's Western Division.
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4. Sunday, December 5th:
Sunday evening the Blizzard wrapped up its 4 game trip through Montana on a winning note. The Blizzard trailed 1-0 in middle period but Dan Swanson a forward out of Menomonie, Wisconsin scored on the Powerplay late in the 2nd period to forge a 1-1 tie then the Blizzard would get the game winner with less than 3 minutes to go, Scott Motz a forward out of Maple Wood, Minnesota netting his 2nd Goal of the year on a nice assist pass from Brian Baker. The final score would be Minnesota 2 Billings 1. Marcus Paulson was the winning goalie again for the Blizzard as he stopped more than 30 shots in the contest he raised his record to 12-6-1 on the season. Scott Motz with go-ahead Goal at 17:23 of the 3rd period propelled Minnesota with a one-goal lead, which it would ultimately hold. The final Minnesota 2 Billings 1. The Blizzard end up with a 2-2 record on their 4 game trip through Montana next up for the Blizzard a home game at the Runestone Community Center in Alexandria, MN Saturday night when the Blizzard Host Fargo Moorhead at 7:00pm.
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